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Most of us dream of hitting the jackpot with our co-workers, fantasizing about how we would split the winnings and what we would do with the money. For a group of six colleagues in North Carolina, this dream became a heartwarming reality when they hit a $100,000 lottery jackpot in Powerball.

The lucky six, who work together in a local company, pooled their resources and purchased the winning ticket for Powerball’s drawing on June 8. Matched with five of the winning numbers, they found themselves richer by $100,000. According to the rules of the lottery, the winnings of the Powerball lottery are evenly split amongst the ticket holders, bringing each co-worker a sweet amount of over $16,666 before taxes.

One of the winners, excited for their newfound fortune, told the press, “We always joked about what we would do if we hit the jackpot. Now, it’s not a joke anymore, and our common dreams turned into reality.”

The odds of winning Powerball are extraordinarily slim. Players have a 1 in 292,201,338 chance of winning the jackpot, which makes this group’s victory even sweeter. And while this six-person lottery syndicate didn't hit the Powerball’s massive multi-million jackpot, $100,000 is a significant amount that could still change their lives considerably.

The majority of the co-workers plan to use their portions of the prize to pay off debt, take a vacation or save for the future. All in all, their ordinary work environment got a major uplift with these winnings, and their collective morale went through the roof!

And this isn't an isolated incident. Stories of work colleagues winning together are becoming relatively common. More and more people are discovering that pooling resources to buy lottery tickets increases their chances of turning their dreams into reality – a strategy worth considering!

This incredible story of co-workers winning together should inspire us all to maybe start a lottery pool at our workplace. After all, you never know when lady luck might smile upon you!

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